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In October 1971, The Electric Company flipped a switch and hit the public TV airwaves, aiming to use sketch comedy and animated shorts to teach kids to read.

The U.S. delivered the 200 millionth dose of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide, part of a 1.1 billion dose pledge. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to the State Department's Gayle Smith, who is leading the effort.

Yael Eisenstat, who was in a leadership position at Facebook in 2018, says people within the company have been warning for years about disinformation and how extreme voices are boosted on Facebook.

The small city of Greensburg, Ind., wants to grow, and is offering incentives for people to move in: cash, a YMCA membership — and grandparents on demand.

We look at President Biden's push to get his trimmed-down spending plan past Congress, as two Democratic lawmakers continue to oppose key provisions.

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks to Elisa Cafferata, of Nevada's Department of Employment, home health aide Mansie Miekle, and restaurateur Isabel Torres about unemployment during the pandemic.

In light of newly-leaked documents on its membership, we look at Oath Keepers, a group charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

NPR's Asma Khalid plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's winner Paula Kroeker from Foothills, Alberta, Canada.

A group called "Let Them Breathe" has organized over 90 protests at California school board meetings including one where the protestors voted themselves in as the new school board.

Employers are firing workers for refusing to comply with vaccine mandates. They represent only a tiny fraction of overall employees, not even 1% in some workplaces. But it can add up to thousands.